West Lorne & Community Horticultural Society

The West Lorne and Community Horticultural Society was founded in 1920 and the flowering dogwood was chosen as our floral emblem. We meet the second Tuesday of every month, March to December, and offer guest speakers, hands-on workshops, plant sales, tree sales and carpooling trips for members and guests. All meetings are free, unless otherwise stated, and open to the public. It's a great way to make new friends in a warm and friendly environment. The society provides a bursary to a West Elgin Secondary School student who will attend post-secondary education in either an agricultural or horticultural field, and we support the horticultural classes there, as well. Hanging baskets for the downtown core and planting and maintaining the civic flower beds, the Milenium Maples and McKishnie Park in West Lorne and surrounding area, are just some of the activities that we do. We also decorate the street lights, in the downtown business section, for the different seasons with bows, banners and swags.